Getting Ahead

Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks

Autor: Silvia Dominguez

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Editura: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housin...

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Autor

Silvia Dominguez

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2010

Pagini

278

EAN

9780814720776

ISBN

0814720773

Enbook ID

04931065

Editura

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

Greutate

584

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 23

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Getting Ahead tells the compelling stories of Latin-American immigrant women living in public housing in two Boston-area neighbourhoods. Silvia Dominguez argues that these immigrant women parlay social ties that provide support and leverage to develop networks and achieve social positioning to get ahead. Through a rich ethnographic account and in-depth interviews, the strong voices of these women demonstrate how they successfully negotiate the world and achieve social mobility through their own individual agency, skilfully navigating both constraints and opportunities. Dominguez makes it clear that many immigrant women are able to develop the social support needed for a rich social life, and leverage ties that open options for them to develop their social and human capital. However, she also shows that factors such as neighbourhood and domestic violence and the unavailability of social services leave many women without the ability to strategize towards social mobility. Ultimately, Dominguez makes important local and international policy recommendations on issue ranging from public housing to world labour visas, demonstrating how policy can help to improve the lives of these and other low-income people.

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